Prepare the reviewed Word document
Use the modern .docx format and retain a copy of the original. The current exporter handles one file at a time, up to 25 MB, and does not accept old .doc, macro-enabled, encrypted, or damaged packages.
Comments, replies, and pending text insertions or deletions must still exist in the DOCX package to become workbook rows.
Save legacy or macro-enabled files as a standard DOCX before starting the export.
The workbook is a control log, not a replacement for Word layout, accepted history, or the authoritative document.
Run the export locally in the browser
Open the Word Review Exporter, choose the DOCX, and start the export. The browser reads the OOXML package, matches comment references, collects supported pending text changes, and creates the Excel workbook on the same device.
The built-in sample uses the same parser and workbook path as a file selected from your device.
Check row counts, authors, status, referenced text, context, and warnings before downloading.
Choose Download Excel after the result is ready. No manual copy-paste or VBA macro is required.
Understand the three Excel sheets
Each sheet has a different job. Review all three before handing the workbook to another person.
| Area | Status | What the evidence shows |
|---|---|---|
| Comments | Review rows | Contains comment and reply relationships, status, author, date, referenced text, context, response, disposition, and coverage notes when available. |
| Tracked Changes | Supported pending text | Contains main-document insertions and deletions with author, date, location, context, and coverage notes when available. |
| Export Notes | Coverage record | Explains detected structures, counts, product limits, and anything that could not be represented as a reliable row. |
| Formatting, moved text, and table revisions | Review required | These change types are not reconstructed as ordinary text-change rows and remain visible through coverage notes when detected. |
Use the workbook as a review control log
Filter the workbook by author, status, review type, or source context. Add an owner, response, and disposition as the team resolves each item, while keeping the original DOCX available for visual comparison.
Use workflow columns to make each open item accountable without changing the extracted source fields.
Capture the response and disposition in Excel, then apply the approved change in the source document.
Share Export Notes with the log so recipients know exactly what was supported, unknown, or outside the current exporter.